DAVID HIROSHI JAGER
Mr. Jager is an arts and culture writer. He received his doctorate in…
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Penn Jillette, in Rollicking, Ribald ‘Felony Juggler,’ Follows Paths Not Taken on Road to Stardom as Comic Magician
The compulsively readable semi-autobiographical novel features monologues, metaphysical asides, raunchy jokes, and pure hilarious bluster — and none of it is verifiable.
A Look Back to ‘Circa 1995,’ When ‘New Figuration’ Was the Latest Signal of Painting’s Rebirth
Nothing is ever as pretty as it seems.
A Show Behind a Show: William Kentridge’s Swan Song to a Disappearing Era of Analog Print Making
Plus, nearby exhibitions by Picabia and Rauschenberg attest to New York City’s astonishing cultural richness.
Realism Emerges as a Painterly Alchemy That No Gadget Can Reproduce in Work by Caroline Walker, Leonard Baby
The intent of the artist, the framing of the image, and the hand holding the brush are the biggest determinants of what is ‘seen.’
There Was More to Weegee Than Lurid Shots of Dead Gangsters
If a murdered mobster was slumped and bleeding over his linguine, the pioneering crime scene photographer was there minutes later, camera in hand.
George Condo, Known for His Impertinent and Cheeky Deconstructions of Modernism, Proves Staunchly Resistant to Depth
Condo has long been adept at taking the visual vocabulary of high modernism and straining them, violently or hilariously, through a contemporary lens.
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